Archive for January, 2008

DUSTING OUT GRIFFIN’S GADGETS

When I started blogging every day for the Herald technology website back in May, I thought I’d still have enough time to blog here too on a regular basis. But with all of my other media commitments and with a number of plays and a documentary project on the go, Griffin’s Gadget was the weakest […]

THE 1ST WRITER’S WORKSHOP

A major highlight of 2007 was having my script selected for the Ist Writer’s Initiative. That’s a programme where the New Zealand Film Commission calls for scripts from new screenwriters - they select six from around a hundred submissions and mine was one of the six this time.
The six of us spent a fantastic couple […]

IN THE VALLEY I ROAM

One of the highlights of my year was a visit in September to Silicon Valley, which was basically a drunked tour of Napa Valley with side trips to Apple, Google, Craigslist thrown in. It all culminated in the Pole Blacks Segwway Polo match against the Silicon Valley After Shocks. Unfortunately we came out of that […]

IN SEARCH OF A HAPPY ENDING

I caught up with Luke Buda of the Phoenix Foundation as the band was putting the finishing touches on Happy Ending, its latest album and what’s widely considered its best yet. The Herald voted it album of the year. I’d met Luke a few times when he used to call into Wellington’s fringe installation art […]

IDEALOG: THE TAIKA WAITITI INTERVIEW

One of my most pleasant interviews of 2007 was with Oscar nominated Wellington director Taika Waititi who did the media rounds as his feature debut Eagle vs. Shark was released. We spent a couple of hours talking at Wellington’s Deluxe cafe. His movie was opening at the Embassy Theatre next door that afternoon. Here’s a […]

New Honda Pilot full of techno-gadgets

For years, Honda’s Pilot SUV has been a staple of Americana. It has earned Car and Driver Magazine’s prestigious “5 Best Truck” award six straight years, from 2002-07. It’s big, with room for eight and wasn’t too terrible on gas. Monday, Honda unveiled a prototype for the newly redesigned Pilot that debuts late this spring […]

50 Cent, Mary J Blige in steroid controversy & Michael Jackson’s new single

Came back to work today with my inbox full of emails.
Seems the New York Times released a story today saying that several prominent celebrities, including singer Mary J. Blige, rapper 50 Cent and movie producer Tyler Perry are among thousands of people whose names are turning up in an investigation into obtaining steroids or […]

50 Cent, Mary J Blige in steroid controversy & Michael Jackson’s new single

Came back to work today with my inbox full of emails.
Seems the New York Times released a story today saying that several prominent celebrities, including singer Mary J. Blige, rapper 50 Cent and movie producer Tyler Perry are among thousands of people whose names are turning up in an investigation into obtaining steroids or […]

Bike is ready!

Today I finaly had couple of free houres and I instaled frame and swing arm sliders and changed oil and filter as well as cleaned engine and breaks and rest of the bike: so it is all ready and shiny: I also got AAA plus RV to be ready for unexpected : […]

Outsourcing 2.0

Doubtsourcing is written by Sandeep Sood, who handles outsourced IT work from Berkeley for clients including Microsoft, Wells Fargo, and Cisco. The actual illustration is outsourced to an American student who is currently studying Mandarin in China. The site has just gone live but I’ve seen some of the cartoons yet to go up, some […]